by Nalo Hopkinson
93. THE SALT ROADS, BY NALO HOPKINSONRecommended by Carlos. Not what I was expecting, and a somewhat unusual book.Synopsis: Ezili, something like a small goddess, who can travel through space and time, experiences life within the spirits of three women: Mer, a plantation slave in Haiti, Jeanne Duval...
The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson “I’m born from countless journeys chained tight in the bellies of ships. Born from hope vibrant and hope destroyed. Born of bitter experience. Born of wishing for better.” It’s hard to describe The Salt Roads. It’s an interweaving of three disparate historical lege...
Nalo Hopkinson's The Salt Roads, now being re-released by Open Road Media, reads like a blend of novel and poem. Over the course of the book we meet three women who have been touched by the influence of Ezili. Mer is a slave in Haiti sometime before the revolution in 1789. Lemer is a dancer in 1840s...
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